United Way of North Central Ohio visited The Ohio State University at Marion’s Guthery Community Room in Maynard Hall, Thursday, February 22nd to officially present a check for $5,000 to the campus’s Pay It Forward Project.
Promoting literacy has been woven into the community fabric of Marion dating back more than a century, according to a joint research project by The Ohio State University at Marion, Marion Women's Club, and Marion Public Library.
At the close of spring semester, students in Ohio State Marion Associate Professor of Psychology, Dr. Nikole Patson's psychology 4554 language development, service-learning course came together with representatives from Let's Read 20, the Marion Public Library, and fellow students in Dr. Ben McCorkle's English 4569 digital and English studies course to officially launch a bilingual book walk literacy initiative at Marion's Tall Grass Trail for the people of the Marion community.